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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 25th, 2016
Data of 1.1 Million Users Leaks from BeautifulPeople Dating Site

Data of 1.1 Million Users Leaks from BeautifulPeople Dating Site

Data ends up on the Dark Web thanks to insecure MongoDB test server that was left open with no admin password

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 22nd, 2016
Unprotected Database Exposes Details of 93.4 Million Mexican Voters

Unprotected Database Exposes Details of 93.4 Million Mexican Voters

MongoDB strikes again, this time in Mexico

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 19th, 2016
Security Firm Discovers Secret Plan to Hack Numerous Websites and Forums

Security Firm Discovers Secret Plan to Hack Numerous Websites and Forums

Forum hosting platform avoids disaster at the last minute after security researchers stumble upon secret hacking plan

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 17th, 2016
Bitcoin Casino Stolen User Funds May Be Linked to Unprotected MongoDB Database

Bitcoin Casino Stolen User Funds May Be Linked to Unprotected MongoDB Database

Ubuntu server update exposes MongoDB database online

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 15th, 2016
Fappening Forum Users Hit by Data Breach, Malvertising, and Then by Ransomware

Fappening Forum Users Hit by Data Breach, Malvertising, and Then by Ransomware

Details of over 179,000 users stolen by attacker

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 15th, 2016
Infographic: Panama Papers Hack

Infographic: Panama Papers Hack

WordPress, Drupal may be at the core of the data leak

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 12th, 2016
CoinWallet Bitcoin Trader Shuts Down Following Data Breach

CoinWallet Bitcoin Trader Shuts Down Following Data Breach

Fourth Bitcoin platform in the past month hit by a cyber-attack, the second one to shut down operations

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 10th, 2016
ShapeShift Bitcoin Trader Decides to Rebuild Service Following Cyber-Attack

ShapeShift Bitcoin Trader Decides to Rebuild Service Following Cyber-Attack

Only company funds were stolen in the incident

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 8th, 2016
Data of 15,000 Expectant Parents Stolen Following UK Charity Hack

Data of 15,000 Expectant Parents Stolen Following UK Charity Hack

Because being pregnant is a piece of cake, here's a data breach to go with your swollen feet and morning sickness

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 7th, 2016
Data on 55 Million Filipinos Leaks After Anonymous Hacks Elections Website

Data on 55 Million Filipinos Leaks After Anonymous Hacks Elections Website

Anonymous and LulzSec hackers want fair elections, don't want officials to tamper with the vote counting rig

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 4th, 2016
Trump Hotels Breached for the Second Time in the Past Year

Trump Hotels Breached for the Second Time in the Past Year

Hotel chain undergoes second card breach, reasons unknown

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 4th, 2016
Panama Papers Data Breach Exposes Worldwide Corruption Ring

Panama Papers Data Breach Exposes Worldwide Corruption Ring

Biggest and most important data leak in Internet's history

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 4th, 2016
Details of Almost 50 Million Turkish Citizens Leaked Online

Details of Almost 50 Million Turkish Citizens Leaked Online

Leak seems to be the work of an anti-Erdogan hacktivist

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 3rd, 2016
Recent Verizon Data Breach Was Preceded by Another Screw-Up

Recent Verizon Data Breach Was Preceded by Another Screw-Up

Researcher regrets staying silent about the incident

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 1st, 2016
Hacker Breaches Team Skeet Adult Network, Puts Data Up for Sale on the Dark Web

Hacker Breaches Team Skeet Adult Network, Puts Data Up for Sale on the Dark Web

Hacker tried to warn the company about their security issue but was ignored, so he used it against them

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • March 29th, 2016
vBulletin Servers Hacked, Admins Force Password Reset for All Users

vBulletin Servers Hacked, Admins Force Password Reset for All Users

There's no new vBulletin 0-day, it's just a targeted attack

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • March 29th, 2016
Developer Accidentally Leaks Details of Thailand Expats While Testing Website

Developer Accidentally Leaks Details of Thailand Expats While Testing Website

Site setup gaffe goes viral, exposes PII for 2,000 expats

 
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